{"id":"1793493494185-tech-show_open","slug":"a-guy-just-rediscovered-antennagate","title":"A guy just rediscovered Antennagate","summary":"When the iPhone 4 launched in 2010, gripping it in a way that covered the lower-left antenna gap could significantly reduce signal; the issue became known as “Antennagate” and Apple later offered free bumpers. The Samsung Galaxy S, released the same year, did not have that specific antenna design flaw.","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T00:38:14.185Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: When the iPhone 4 launched in 2010, gripping it in a way that covered the lower-left antenna gap could significantly reduce signal; the issue became known as “Antennagate” and Apple later offered free bumpers. The Samsung Galaxy S, released the same year, did not have that specific antenna design flaw.\nSource: Consumer Reports (2010) (https://x.com/AdityaKTech/status/2116489768649499009)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"When the iPhone 4 launched in 2010, gripping it in a way that covered the lower-left antenna gap could significantly reduce signal; the issue became known as “Antennagate” and Apple later offered free bumpers. The Samsung Galaxy S, released the same year, did not have that specific antenna design flaw.","sourceName":"Consumer Reports (2010)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AdityaKTech/status/2116489768649499009","claim":"Just got the iPhone 4. Retina display is crazy but it loses signal when I hold it a certain way. Did I make a mistake not getting the Galaxy S? https://t.co/S0WiCIWd0L","author":"Aditya (@AdityaKTech)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/AdityaKTech/status/2116489768649499009","name":"Consumer Reports (2010)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Aditya (@AdityaKTech)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793493494185-tech-show_open-a-guy-just-rediscovered-antennagate","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793493494185-tech-show_open-a-guy-just-rediscovered-antennagate","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793493494185-tech-show_open-a-guy-just-rediscovered-antennagate and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Chris","text":"Tech Tonight, and the biggest phone scandal of 2010 is back. A guy on X just got an iPhone 4."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"He's fourteen years late, and the phone still won't make calls if he holds it wrong."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Aditya posted that the Retina display is crazy, but it loses signal when he holds it a certain way. Classic Antennagate."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Apple spent months denying it, then handed out free bumpers. \"Every phone does this,\" they said."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Except the Galaxy S sitting next to it didn't do that. Consumer Reports hammered Apple over it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But the free bumper fixed it, so Apple made it right. Eventually."},{"host":"Chris","text":"After telling customers they were holding it wrong. That was the official line."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Okay, that's still a masterclass in gaslighting. But it did push antenna design forward."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The fix was a rubber band around a metal phone. And it sold millions anyway."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fair, that Retina display was a leap. Just don't hold it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Different world now: Hunter Harris on X is building multiplayer experiences where your iPhone talks to a Vision Pro. Big update coming."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Who's wearing the Vision Pro? The few people who spent thirty-five hundred dollars?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Someone has to build the apps before it gets cheap. That's how the App Store started."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Cross-device multiplayer only matters if the headset is in the room. Until then, it's a demo."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Demos are how every platform starts. I'd rather see that than another camera bump video."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"David Deco on X has a whole timeline. Ten years of camera bumps, Samsung versus Apple."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The real innovation would be a phone that lies flat on a table. But sure, celebrate the hump."}]}